“We’re getting a lot of phone calls,” said a clerk in Anderson’s office. “We are adhering to every guideline the state has put out there.”

At individual polling locations, the voting process was going smoothly this morning.

“We’re up and running with no complaints,” said Kathleen Barney, municipal clerk in Carteret.

The unprecedented alternative methods were set in place by state officials concerned about residents displaced by the storm.

Here are the updated voting instructions for residents displaced by the storm:

Voting by provisional ballot from anywhere in the state. If you are displaced or staying somewhere within New Jersey that is not near your usual polling location, you may proceed to the nearest polling location and cast a provisional ballot. Election officials in each county will forward provisional ballots to the voter’s home county – Middlesex – to be counted.

Voting by email. Voters must complete and sign a vote-by-mail application, which may be obtained by downloading one form www.njelections.org. They must scan and email the completed and signed application to: dee.anderson@co.middlesex.nj.us. The county clerk will accept email applications through 5 p.m. Nov. 6. Once the Middlesex County Clerk’s Office verifies the voter’s signature, the office will email back to the voter mail-in-ballot instructions. Here are complete instructions on how to vote by email.